Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-23
TOWN AND RAILROAD.
The Former Growing Steadily and
the Latter Rushed Unpre-
cedentiy.

Inquiries continue to pour into Score
tary Nichols Office relative to Great Falls.
Farmers and merchants, large and small
capitalists are all seeking information re-
carding the new city. The reputation
which the Manitoba road enjoys as the
pioneer of prosperity, accounts in part
for this anxiety regarding the Montana
terminus of the line. The public desire
for knowledge is also stimulated by the
good name which Montana has acquired
US a gold and silver producer and as the
home of fruitful herds and fine horses.
The circulars issued by the to@nsite
company for the information OF inquirer.
states expressly that by the 1sto OF October.
Great Falls will be the western terminus
of the 81. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba
railway, and the eastern terminus OF the
Montana Central; the former connecting
it with Lake Superior and st. Paul and
Minneapolis, the latter with Helena, Butte,
Anaconda and other important mining
districts of the Rocky mountaing. Another
road will also be built Immediately from
here, southwest into the coal and IRON
fields of Sand Coulee, which branch will
be extended into the s~ilver-mining sec
ton OF the Belt mountains, thus making
Great Falls, at once, one of the most i'm
portant railroad centers in Montana. Here
ut Great Falls will be erected the western
r-aolS~o 1,S,r nf tho ranin lima Hf tho
Manitoba railroad.
Despite the wide circulation which
these well-known facts have received
many people write in a way that implies
that vaguest knowledge regarding the
railroad situation in Montana. For the
information of such, it may be said that
what is known as the Dakota and Mon
tara extension of the Manitoba system
st lrts from Hinot on the Mouse river,
whence a long arm of the same system ex-
tends, crossing the Breckenridge division
at Larimore, and the Fargo division at
Grand Forks.
After crossing the Mouse river at Minot
the Montana extension aforesaid trends
westward to Little Muddy and Fort Blu
ford on the Missouri. The track follows
the Missouri to Poplar creek and beyond
until it meets the Milk river. 1t proceeds
through the fertile valley of that river to
Fort Belknap and Assinahoine and thence
to Fert Benton. From there the track
proceeds along the valley of the Missouri
to this city of Great Falls, which is beau
fully located at the famous series OF cat
aracts Of the Missouri, at the junction of
the latter river with Sun river-one hun
dred miles north of Helena and forty
miles south of Fort Benton.
THE TERMINUS.
This will be the terminus of the Mani
toha road and it is here as already stated,
the company will have a round-house, ma
chine shops and terminal facilities on a
scale commensurate with the greatness of
the Manitoba system and the expectations
which have been formed of its progress
in Montana. The company will have
here a splendid depot and will begin this
week the building of the Minot block
which will be used in part for the Mani
toba offices.
THE MONTANA CENTRAL
Great Falls will be also the eastern ter
minus of the Montana Central railroad,
which beginning at Butte will proceed to
Helena whence the track will extend up
the Prickly Pear canyon and thence to the
Missouri on its way to this city. As the
Montana Central will be operated in con-
nection with the Manitoba, it is clear
from the foregoing details that Great
Falls will be a railroad center of great
and growing importance.
1t follows likewise that if the Manitoba
road is extended to the Pacific that this
will be the initial point OF eastern termln-
us of such extension. This city will hold
then toward the new transcontinental line
the position which Kansas City occupies
in regard to other routes to the Pacific
coast. -
ENJoYs A JOKE.
If there is any railroad man in st. Paul
who enjoys a joke it is superintendent
Egan of the Manitoba. 1t is difficult to
see how a man does so much tall hustling
as he has done in connection with hand
ling material for the Montata extension
can find time to have so much fun. But
he has his fun, and when busy at work
quietly laughs over it. He has just re-
turned form Poplar river, Montana, on
"the 'front.'" whittier he was accompanied
by D. G. Shepard, the contractor, and
Greenleaf, clerk. At Poplar
agency there is an Indian school, where
little children are sent from other reser
vations to be educated. Along with Mr..
Egan's party was Mr.. Shields, superin-
of building for the railroad COM
pany, and they were being piloted around
by Indian Agent Doyle.
While inspecting the Indian school at
River, Superintendent Egan in
quired what kind of names the children
had, and was informed by Mr.. Doyle that
they bore such distinguished naines as
Grover Cleveland, James G. Blaine, Ben
Abe Lincoln, Daniel Webster, etc.
With the utmost sang froid Mr.. Egan
said: "Why can't you name some Of those
after Judge Clark, D. G. Shep-
ard and G. Shields? Just make sura of it
and call one Judge Clark and another
Greenleaf Clark" Agent Doyle replied
that he certainly would do it, as they were
often hard up for anne to go around.